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SENATE,  Noyember   SO,  1864.— Sobmitted,  and   ordered    to  be 
printed . 

f By  Mr   Orr,  from  the  CommitLee  on  Foreign  Relations.] 


RESOLXJTIOISrS 

In  relation  the  seizure  of  the  Confederate    war-steamer   Florida  by 

the  United   States  steam-sloop  Wachusett,  in   the  bay  of  Bahia, 

Brazil. 

1  1 .  Resolved,  That  the  seizure  of  the  Confederate  war-steamer 

8     Florida  by  the  United   States  stca  m-sloop    Wachusett,  in  the 

5  bay  of  Bahia,  on  the  7th  of  October  last,  was  a  flagrant  outrage 

4  upon  the  territorial  sovereignty  of  Brazil — violative  of  the  rights 

6  of  this  Government  in  neutral  waters,  in  disregard  of  the  law  of 
6  nations,  and  therefore  a  wrong  done  to  every  civilized  maratime 
T  power. 

1  2.  Resolved,  That  it  was  the  duty  of  Brazil,  undA"  the  law  of 

2  nations,  to  protect  the  property  of  the  Confederate  States  whilst 

5  within   its    territory,  against  the  hostile  acts  of  every  power  ; 

4  and  having  failed  to  give  such  protection,  that  that  Government 

5  is  bound  to  enforce  the  restitution,  in  statu  quo  of  the  steamer 

6  Florida,  by  authorities  of  the  United,  to  the    authorities  of  the 

7  Confederate  States,  in  the  bay  of  Bahia,  where  it  was  unlawfully 

8  captured. 


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1  3.   Resolved,  That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  be 

2  requested  to  have  communicated,  to  all  our  commissioners  abroad, 

3  a  full  statement  of  the  illegal  seizure  and  capture  of  the  Florida, 

4  together  with  the  opinions  of  this  Government  on  the  outrage  ; 

5  and  that  said  commissioners  be  instructed  to  bring  the  same  to 

6  the  attention  of  the  Governments  of  Europe  in  which  they  re- 

7  spectively  reside. 


